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Media, impact and fashion

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th

2:00 p.m Opening Remarks

• Sergio Fernandez de Cordova, Chairman, PVBLIC Foundation

• Usha Rao Monori, Associate Administrator, United Nations Development Programme

• Annemarie Hou, Executive Director, UN Office for Partnerships

2:15 p.m Panel - Creative Media For Impact: The Viral Success of Frankie the Dino

• Boaz Paldi, Chief Creative Officer, United Nations Development Programme

• Peter Simek, Chief Communications Officer, Earthx

• Aislinn Derbez, Founder and CEO, La Magia del Caos

• Moderator: Sergio Fernandez de Cordova, Chairman, PVBLIC Foundation

2:45 p.m Panel - Conscious fashion and the role of media amplifying sustainable women-lead initiatives 

• Kerry Bannigan, Executive Director, Fashion Impact Fund 

• Teju Adisa-Farrar, Environmental Equity Consultant and Independent Researcher

• Rebecca van Bergen, Founder and Executive Director, Nest

• Alissa Baier-Lentz, Co-Founder and COO, Kintra Fibers

• Moderator: Kaley Roshitsh, Sustainability Editor, WWD

3:10 p.m   Video Showcase - Creative Solutions for Change

• Ariana Stolarz, Managing Director, Global Sustainability, Accenture Song

3:15 p.m   Keynote - The role of media in promoting sustainability and advancing the SDGs 

• Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, United Nations

3:30 p.m   Panel - Creativity for the SDGs: How and why brands are using creativity to address the world's biggest problems

• Neil Heymann, CCO, Accenture Song  

• Auro Trini Castelli, CSO at DDB

• Liz Taylor, CCO from Ogilvy 

• Moderator: Boaz Paldi, Chief Creative Officer, United Nations Development Programme

3:50 p.m   Video Showcase - Creative Solutions for Change

• Ariana Stolarz, Managing Director, Global Sustainability, Accenture Song

3:55 p.m   Fireside - Climate Change will be televised: How one network is going all in on the environment

• Rajan Singh, Head of Global Distribution, EarthxTV

• Moderator: Sweta Chakraborty, President, US Operations & Executive Board Member, We Don't Have Time

4:25 p.m   Panel - ESG for the SDGs: How companies and brands are stepping up to promote sustainability and achieve the goals

• John Blood, Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer, Anheuser-Busch InBev

• Lindsay Stein, Chief Purpose Officer, Tombras

• Ariana Stolarz, Managing Director, Global Sustainability, Accenture Song

• Moderator: Dan Thomas, Chief of Communications at UN Global Compact

4:50 p.m   Video Showcase - Creative Solutions for Change

• Ariana Stolarz, Managing Director, Global Sustainability, Accenture Song

4:55 p.m   Panel - STE(A)M for the SDGs: Engaging youth by coding with commitment

• Michael Melillo, Director of Strategy & Experience, Broadcom Software

• Bervin Harris, President and CEO, Renaissance Youth Center

• Robert Thomas, Student participating in RYC "Code the Bronx" program

• Prisha Shroff, Student awarded the Arizona Science Fair and "Broadcom Coding with Commitment" recognition

• Moderator: Dominic-Madori Davis, Senior Reporter, TechCrunch

5:25 p.m   Special - SDG Creative Impact Award

5:30 p.m   Panel - How the UN uses creative media to drive global change

• Maher Nasser, Director of Outreach Division, Department of Global Communications, United Nations 

• Lee Woodyear, Communications Officer, UN Mine Action Service

• Paloma Escudero, Director of the Division of Global Communications and Advocacy, UNICEF

• Moderator: Enrique Acevedo, Correspondent, CBS News

5:55 p.m   Special - A moment to celebrate PVBLIC's 10 years of action

​Remarks celebrating partnership and PVBLIC's 10 Year Anniversary.

• Lucie Brigham, Chief of Office, United Nations Office for Partnerships

6:00 p.m   Closing Remarks​

• Sergio Fernandez de Cordova, Chairman, PVBLIC Foundation

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